"crying a silent tear [from the 1970s ""Keep America Beautiful"" ads]."" Director Scott Derrickson admired the original film's director Robert Wise, whom he met as a film student. He generally dislikes remakes, but he enjoyed the script, which he decided was a retelling of the story and not a true remake. He also explained that ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" is not a widely seen classic film, unlike ""The Wizard of Oz"", which he would not bother remaking. Derrickson's benchmark was Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake of ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"". Klaatu was made more menacing than in the"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story ""Farewell to the Master"" by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, this version replaces the Cold War theme of nuclear warfare with the contemporary issue of humankind's environmental damage to the planet. It follows Klaatu, an"
"Day the Earth Stood Still"". The movie starred Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu and Jennifer Connelly as Dr. Helen Benson. David Scarpa wrote the screenplay based on Edmund H. North's 1951 screenplay. The critical and commercial success of the 1951 movie relied on the novel themes Bates introduced in his short story. Ever since H.G. Wells' ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898), aliens were often described as menacing, aggressive, and murderous, with a degraded moral and ethical sense. In Bates' story, aliens are the opposite, possessing a good moral character. The alien Klaatu's face ""radiated kindness, wisdom, the purest"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still (soundtrack) ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" soundtrack (1951) was composed in July, and recorded in August 1951. It was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved from New York to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used, as well. 20th Century Fox later"
"""100 Years of Film Scores"". In 2004, the film was selected by ""The New York Times"" as one of ""The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made"". Lou Cannon and Colin Powell believed that the film inspired Ronald Reagan to discuss uniting against an alien invasion when meeting Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. Two years later, Reagan told the United Nations, ""I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world"". ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" is now considered one of the best films released in 1951. ""The Day the Earth"
"""Executive Suite"" (1954); and the epic ""Helen of Troy"" (1955) based on Homer's ""The Illiad"". ""Three Secrets"" (1950), a soap opera/family melodrama, gave Wise a chance to work with actress Patricia Neal ""in a landmark performance about gender double standards"". Neal starred in two more Wise films: ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951) and ""Something for the Birds"" (1952). ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), a science fiction thriller that warned about the dangers of atomic warfare, included a realistic setting and an emphasis on the story instead of special effects. The film received ""overwhelmingly positive"" reviews and"
"sound effect, especially during Klaatu's surgery. The Day the Earth Stood Still (soundtrack) ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" soundtrack (1951) was composed in July, and recorded in August 1951. It was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved from New York to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used,"
"Cemetery, Harrogate. Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Eric Alexander Rennie was born in Idle near Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the second son of a Scottish wool mill owner, James Rennie, and his English wife Amelia (née"
"and was able to affect audiences in a way that reduced their antisemitic feelings. McCarthyism, in the form of the House Un-American Activities Committee, dampened some of Hollywood's enthusiasm for left-leaning critiques of American society, but the genre continued nonetheless over the next two decades. Robert Wise's 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" urged international cooperation in matters of violence and world security in an environment of Cold War mistrust and nuclear paranoia: the ""message"" is literally delivered to the Earth by a civilized extraterrestrial. Stanley Kramer's exposés of racism—""The Defiant Ones"", ""Pressure Point"" and ""Guess"
"released the movie ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", which was based on the Harry Bates' 1940 short story ""Farewell to the Master"". The science fiction movie featured Michael Rennie as Klaatu, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, Hugh Marlowe, and Lock Martin as the giant alien robot Gort, called Gnut in Bates' short story. The movie was directed by Robert Wise and produced by Julian Blaustein. Screenwriter Edmund H. North adapted Bates' short story for the screen. The movie is rated consistently by critics as one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. In 2008, director Scott Derrickson remade ""The"
"Martin was married to Ethel Babcock from 1946 until his death in 1959. Lock Martin Lock Martin (October 12, 1916 – January 19, 1959) was the stage name of American actor Joseph Lockard Martin Jr. He is best remembered for playing the robot Gort in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). He was from Pennsylvania and had a series of odd jobs before going into acting. He was working as a doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater when he was hired for the role of Gort, although this was not his first acting job. He was reportedly 7 feet 7"
"Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Eric Alexander Rennie was born in Idle near Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the second son of a Scottish wool mill owner, James Rennie, and his English wife Amelia (née Dobby). He"
"Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Klaatu (pronounced “klahtú”) is a fictional humanoid alien in the 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and its 2008 remake. Klaatu is famous in part because of the phrase “Klaatu barada nikto!” used in the classic film and its re-use in the Bruce Campbell cult comedy film ""Army of Darkness"", as well as many other films. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) arrives in a flying saucer in Washington, DC, accompanied by Gort (Lock Martin), as a peaceful ambassador from an extraterrestrial confederation; but when he presents a harmless device as ""a"
"classic film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". He played Mexican president, Porfirio Díaz in the movie ""Viva Zapata"". Faye Roope played judges in Raymond Burr's ""Perry Mason"" TV series, had a continuing role as Mr. Botkin in the long-lasting western ""Gunsmoke"", and appeared as an older man of authority in many TV Westerns of the 1950s. He played the old-west hanging judge in the classic 1960 Twilight Zone time-travel episode ""Execution"", and appeared in many of the classic drama anthology shows of American television's Golden Age. Fay Roope married Marie Teresa Roope. They had two children, Martha and George,"
"Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in ""Hud"" (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She featured as the matriarch in the television film ""The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"" (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series"
"Bernard Herrmann's score also received a nomination at the Golden Globes. The French magazine ""Cahiers du cinéma"" was also impressed, its contributor Pierre Kast called it ""almost literally stunning"" and praised its ""moral relativism"". ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" received recognition from the American Film Institute and was selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In 2001, it was ranked number 82 on ""100 Years...100 Thrills"", a list of America's most heart-pounding films. It placed number 67 on a similar list ""100 Years ... 100 Cheers"", a list of America's most inspiring films."
"her friend since the early 1960s, had become a nun and ultimately prioress. Neal had been a longtime supporter of the abbey's open-air theatre and arts program. Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in ""Hud"" (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for"
"or standard definition 16:9 widescreen master. The Day Mars Invaded Earth The Day Mars Invaded Earth (a.k.a. Spaceraid 63) is an independently made 1963 black-and-white CinemaScope science fiction film, produced and directed by Maury Dexter, that stars Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, and William Mims. The film was released by Twentieth Century Fox. Dexter later said the film's title came from Associated Producers' Robert L. Lippert and was meant to evoke memories of Fox's 1951 classic ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". The film's storyline is a cross between George Pal's ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953), and Don Siegel's ""Invasion"
"has a concentrated way of seeing the world."" The original Klaatu knew little of Earth, and spent most of the film learning; whereas in the later film, another member of Klaatu's race had been sent to Earth decades earlier. Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Klaatu (pronounced “klahtú”) is a fictional humanoid alien in the 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and its 2008 remake. Klaatu is famous in part because of the phrase “Klaatu barada nikto!” used in the classic film and its re-use in the Bruce Campbell cult comedy film ""Army of Darkness"","
"best known for, science fiction. The science fiction genre began its golden age during this decade with such notable films as ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), ""The Thing from Another World"" (1951), ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953), ""It Came from Outer Space"" (1953), ""Creature from the Black Lagoon"" (1954), ""Them!"" (1954), ""This Island Earth"" (1955), ""Earth vs. the Flying Saucers"" (1956), and ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956). There were also Earth-based ""sci-fi"" subjects, such as ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"" (1954) and ""When Worlds Collide"" (1951). Companies such as American International Pictures, Japan's Toho, and Britain's Hammer Film Productions"
"his surviving wife, Bettye, which were later buried with her at Williston Cemetery Williston in Williston, South Carolina, upon her death in 2006. Sam Jaffe Shalom ""Sam"" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""The Asphalt Jungle"" (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as ""Ben-Hur"" (1959) and ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). He may be best remembered for playing the title role in ""Gunga Din"" (1939) and the High Lama"
"Dana Andrews. In 1949, Billy Gray appeared with his mother in separate scenes in the film ""Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff. In 1951, at age 13, he appeared in the film ""Jim Thorpe -- All-American"", with Burt Lancaster in the lead role. Gray portrayed the Indian athlete Jim Thorpe as a child. Later that year, he was chosen to appear in the science fiction picture ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". Michael Rennie played the part of the alien who befriends a boy played by Gray. In 1952 he appeared in an uncredited role as one of"
"Standing Still (film) Standing Still is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Matthew Cole Weiss and starring an ensemble cast including Adam Garcia, Amy Adams, Aaron Stanford, Melissa Sagemiller, Jon Abrahams, Mena Suvari, Colin Hanks and James Van Der Beek. Written by Matthew Perniciaro and Timm Sharp, the film is about a group of lifelong friends who reunite at a wedding and revisit their complicated relationships of the past. The film was Matthew Cole Weiss's feature film debut as a director. The day before the wedding of Elise (Amy Adams) and Michael (Adam Garcia) in Los Angeles, their"
"science fiction film"". In the 1950s, public interest in space travel and new technologies was great. While many 1950s science fiction films were low-budget B movies, there were several successful films with larger budgets and impressive special effects. These include ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), ""The Thing from Another World"" (1951), ""When Worlds Collide"" (1951), ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953), ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"" (1954), ""This Island Earth"" (1955), ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956), ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1956), ""The Curse of Frankenstein"" (1957), ""Journey to the Center of the Earth"" (1959) and ""On the Beach"" (1959)."
"In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its ""10 Top 10"" — the best ten films in ten ""classic"" American film genres — after polling more than 1,500 people from the creative community. ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" was acknowledged as the fifth best film in the science fiction genre. The film was also on the ballot for AFI's other lists including ""100 Years ... 100 Movies"", the tenth anniversary list, ""100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains"" for Klaatu in the heroes category, ""100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes"" for the famous line ""Gort! Klaatu barada nikto"" and AFI's"
"Stood Still"" is ranked seventh in Arthur C. Clarke's list of the best science fiction films of all time, just above Stanley Kubrick's """", which Clarke himself co-wrote. The 1951 film holds a 94% ""Certified Fresh"" rating at the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Since the release of the film, the phrase ""Klaatu barada nikto"" has appeared repeatedly in fiction and in popular culture. The Robot Hall of Fame described it as ""one of the most famous commands in science fiction"", while Frederick S. Clarke of ""Cinefantastique"" called it ""the most famous phrase ever spoken by an extraterrestrial"". Patricia"
"and June Allyson; the 1949 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical ""The Barkleys of Broadway""; DeMille's 1950 epic, ""Samson and Delilah"", starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature; the science fiction classic, ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal; Elia Kazan's classic ""East of Eden"", starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major screen role), and Raymond Massey; and the 1956 classic western ""The Fastest Gun Alive"", starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain and Broderick Crawford. In addition to his feature film work, Chambers also appeared in several film shorts, and film serials. The serials"
"Klaatu barada nikto “Klaatu barada nikto” is a phrase that originated in the 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". The humanoid alien protagonist of the film, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), instructs Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) that if any harm befalls him, she must say the phrase to the robot Gort (Lockard Martin). In response Gort relents from destroying the Earth and resurrects Klaatu from death. The Robot Hall of Fame describes the phrase as ""one of the most famous commands in science fiction"" and Frederick S. Clarke of ""Cinefantastique"" called it ""the most famous phrase ever spoken"
"of electrical activity on Earth, per Klaatu's warning that there will be ""a price to the [human] way of life."" The giant sphere leaves the Earth. In 1994, 20th Century Fox and Erwin Stoff had produced the successful Keanu Reeves film ""Speed"". Stoff was at an office at the studio when he saw a poster for the 1951 film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", which made him ponder a remake with Reeves as Klaatu. By the time David Scarpa started writing a draft of the script in 2005, Thomas Rothman was in charge of Fox and felt a responsibility"
"Earth Stood Still: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was orchestrated and conducted by Timothy Williams. Tyler Bates was brought in to compose the score for ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" after Derrickson heard his work on ""The Devil's Rejects"" and ""Slither"". Instead of imitating the original score by Bernard Herrmann, Bates decided to try to convey the updated message of the new film, and he assumed that most people would not even realize it was a remake. Bates said, ""People revere an original property and feel that it's sacred, but frankly, there's a good story to be retold, as it"
"Time Stands Still (film) Time Stands Still () is a 1982 Hungarian film about two brothers and the woman they both love, all living in Budapest during the uprising of 1956. It stars István Znamenák, Henrik Pauer, Sándor Sőth, Anikó Iván and Lajos Őze and was directed by Péter Gothár. Popular among audience and critics it won the Award of the Youth at Cannes, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the award for Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best"
"The Day Mars Invaded Earth The Day Mars Invaded Earth (a.k.a. Spaceraid 63) is an independently made 1963 black-and-white CinemaScope science fiction film, produced and directed by Maury Dexter, that stars Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, and William Mims. The film was released by Twentieth Century Fox. Dexter later said the film's title came from Associated Producers' Robert L. Lippert and was meant to evoke memories of Fox's 1951 classic ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". The film's storyline is a cross between George Pal's ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953), and Don Siegel's ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1956). Energy-being"
"first postwar, large-budget, ""A"" science-fiction film. It was a serious, high-minded exploration of mid-20th century suspicion and paranoia, combined with a philosophical overview of humanity's coming place in the larger universe. Rennie said director Robert Wise told him to do the role ""with dignity but not with superiority"". (The story was later dramatised in 1954 on ""Lux Radio Theatre"", with Rennie and Billy Gray recreating their original film roles. Seven years later, on 3 March 1962, when ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" made its television premiere on NBC's ""NBC Saturday Night at the Movies"", Rennie appeared in a two-minute"